That’s what a recent study in Australia revealed. It revolves around a single raisin and you’re not even supposed to eat it.
Called Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, participants in the study literally stare at the raisin, looking at it very closely and then roll it around in their fingers. Then, they explore the raisin’s ridges and let it crinkle next to their ear. In traditional cognitive therapy, you train to notice negative thoughts that might provoke depression, debate them and try to change their content. But MBCT is about holding your thoughts lightly, not changing the content of the (negative) thought but changing your personal relationship to the thought.
It is thought that the meditation can keep your mind full enough to ward off depression. Also, if you are able to recognize the dangerous thought patterns of depression early enough, you can control your mind before it controls you.
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